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User message
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The API role for **what the human (or app) asks** in this turn — the main task input.
When to use
Every chat turn: questions, pasted docs, tool results you feed back.
When not to
Putting long-lived rules here — use system message so they persist clearly.
Example
{"role": "user", "content": "Summarize the attached policy in 5 bullets."}